Falling in love is...

“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you-I repeat-nothing, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your amazing life...You give them a piece of you. They did something dumb one day, like stare at you or smile towards you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying at 3 o'clock in the morning, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. Slicing it open. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I don't like falling in love.”

-inspired by a story of a friend. (nivrek)